Improvement in corn-planters



D. NICHOLS.

Gom-Planner.

No. 20,700. Patented Jan, 3, 1800;

SEM/mim AHIV PRBTO-LITHU. C0. N.Y. (GSBUHNE'S PROCESS) `UNITED: STATESPATENT OFFICE..

DANIEL NICHOLS', or ONARGA, ILLINoIsQ` y, IMPROVEMENT INcor-iN-PLANTlaas..-` f

Specification forming part of' Letters Patent No. 26.700, dated JanuarySfIlOff I To au whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, DANIEL NICHOLS, o Onarga, in the county of Iroquoisand State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Corn-Planter,and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this speciiieation, in which- Figure 1represents a longitudinal vertical section of my invention.A Fig.` 2 isa plan or top view of the same. A I Y Similar letters of reference inboth views indicate corresponding parts.` l

In planting corn, particularly when it is to be 'done in new ground, thefurrows are many times obstructed by sod or other large lumps, and ifthe corn drops on them or near to them it does not grow, as in the iirstcase it has no proper ground, and in the second case it is notsufiiciently covered. For this reason I have attached to the runnerswhich draw the furrows rolling cutters, which pass along before saidrunners where the seed is 4to drop, andA `guards are" attached to thesides of the runners, which turn the sodor any other obstruction thatmight interfere with the covering of the corn out of the way. The corndrops behind the runners, and as it falls it is protected from beingblown oft' by the wind by metal strips that are attached to the rear.end of the run#` ners, Which also serve to open the trench `Wider forreceiving the corn. The runners in my machine are hinged to the frame,so that they adapt themselves more readily to unevenness of ground or toother obstructions over which the machine has to pass, the team beinghitched to the fore part of the'runners, and the Whole frame being soarranged that a man, by stepping on the back part of the same, can raisethe runners from the ground and prevent the machine catching. Theseed-slide is operated by a toothed rack gearing into a toothed sec;tor, to which a vibrating motion is imparted from an eccentric on thedriving-axle, and said eccentric is so arranged that it turns with thesaid axle and imparts motion to the seed-slide when a clutch attached toit is brought in gear :with a corresponding clutch that is rmlysecuredto the.aXle,`or said eccentric remains stationary if pushed from saidclutch on the aXle. By this arrangement the dropping of the seedVdepends entirely .upon the speed of moment.A The dri'vers seat is"arranged right the team, and itcan be discontinued at any` overutheaxle, and in such a manner that it rew volves on a Vertical pivot,enabling the driver to face in Whatever direction he pleases. 1

'Toenable those skilled inthe art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to dei scribe it.

A represents a square frame, constructed of longitudinal timbers aandgtransverse timbers t b, and supported in the rear by wheels B B andin frontyby runners D. `"lhellwheels are I placed on the drivingfaXleIC,the wheel B` be` ing loose, and the wheel B. being rigidly atl.

tached to the same.

The runners are secured tothe front ends ofil the longitudinal timbers coflthe frame by means ofv pivots c, and` they are` connected bya ycross-bar; d, to which the draft-pole E is attached. `Securedto thefront end of said runners and right before their centers are the roilingcutters F, which serve to clearthe track and 1 y tocut up large lumps ofground beforeth'e runi ners begin to operate, and guards G` are attachedto the sides ofsaidrunners,whichserve;` to turn sod or other large lumpsout` of the. way, so that the saine do notinterfere with l `SaidArunners `extend p nearly to the middle of the hoppers H-, f1o1n l wwhich thel corn drops down intothe furrow or 1 f I trenchopened bytherunners.` `Metal strips V I are securedto Athe rear end of the runners,`y

the growth of the corn.

so as to protect the corn against `the influence of the wind. Thesestrips are bent ont so that...l

the trench wider .for y they also serve to open receiving the corn. tThe corn from the hoppers is discharged by means of a slide, J, whichextends throughboth l hoppers and under partitio11s;`d,s thenunder edgesof "which are furnished with brushes. to i. i brush off the surplus seedfrom the seedcells t t i A reciprocating motion is imparted to thek cseed-slide by means of atoothed rack, f, which is attached to saidseed-slide, and which` gears y clutchcoupling is attached to it, `whichmeshes the driving-axle.

Ainto a toothed sector, y, to which an oseillat`` ing motion is given bymeans ofjan eccentric, y. .y I h., on the driving-axle. y y. Thiseccentric isplaced y loosely on said axle, and one part, i', of

the eccentric toward the clutch @',so thatfit 7 turns with thedriving-axle, causingthe seedf slide to discharge seed asthe wheel Brotates. AA forked lever, 7c, which has its fulcrum on a pivot, Z,attached to a pendant, m, serves to throw the eccentric 7L out of gearwith the clutch e', whereby the seed-slide is rendered stationary.

The lever 7c is operated from the drivers seat K, that is mounted on aplatform, L, which is supported by three standards, n, and said seatturns on a pivot, 0,' so that the vdriver is enabled to face whateverway he pleases.

Vhen it is desired to drop the corn by hand, the rod 1),' which connectsthe eccentrich with the toothed sector g, is unhooked, and the seedslideis operated by a hand-lever, M, which extends through a seat, N, that isfirmly secured between the two hoppers. After the seed has thus beendeposited on the ground it is covered over by the double convexshovelplows o, which are arranged behind the hoppers so as to turn thedirt in on the 'trench' ing complete.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the rolling cutters F, guards G, and metal strips'l,in combination with the runners D, which. are hinged to the frame A,substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified. A

DANIEL NICHOLS. fitnes'sesz y LYM-AN PIKE,

GEORGE XV. BINFoRD.

